Mold production process?

A mold is a model. Products are made according to this model, but how the mold is produced may not be answered by most of the mold professionals. The mold has played an irreplaceable role in our lives, our daily necessities Most of them are inseparable from molds, such as computers, telephones, fax machines, keyboards, cups, etc. These plastic products needless to say. In addition, the covers of automobiles and motorcycle engines are also made of molds include plastic mold parts . More than 20,000 molds are used. So the role of modern life molds is irreplaceable. As long as mass production is inseparable, molds are indispensable.
So how is the mold made?
The following is a brief introduction to the modern mold production process.
1) ESI (Earlier Supplier Involvement supplier early participation): This stage is mainly for technical discussions between customers and suppliers on product design and mold development. The main purpose is to allow suppliers to clearly understand the product. The designer’s design intent and accuracy requirements also allow product designers to better understand the ability of mold production and product process performance, so as to make more reasonable designs.
2) Quotation: Including the price of the mold, the life of the mold, the turnover process, the required tonnage of the machine and the delivery date of the mold. (A more detailed quotation should include product size and weight, mold size and weight and other information.)
3) Order (Purchase Order): the issuance of customer orders, deposits and the acceptance of supplier orders.
4) Mold production planning and schedule arrangement (Production Planning and Schedule Arrangement): At this stage, the customer needs to respond to the specific date of delivery of the mold.
5) Mold design (Design): The design software that may be used includes Pro/Engineer, UG, Solidworks, AutoCAD, CATIA, etc.
6) Purchase materials
7) Machining: The processes involved generally include turning, gongs (milling), heat treatment, grinding, computer gongs (CNC), electric discharge (EDM), wire cutting (WEDM), coordinate grinding (JIG GRINGING), Laser lettering, polishing, etc.
8) Mold assembly (Assembly)
9) Trial Run
10) Model Evaluation Report (SER)
11) Approval of model evaluation report (SER Approval)